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Coles BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD 2021 at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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A group of teenage boys take turns assessing each other’ s changing bodies before a Friday night disco…
A grieving woman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow traveller on a night train to Kiev…
An unusually well-informed naturalist is eyed with suspicion by his comrades on a forest exhibition with a higher purpose…
The stories shortlisted for the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University take place in liminal spaces – their characters find themselves in transit, travelling along flight paths, train lines and roads, or in moments where new opportunities or directions suddenly seem possible. From the reflections of a new mother flying home after a funeral, to an ailing son’ s reluctance to return to the village of his childhood, these stories celebrate small kindnesses in times of turbulence, and demonstrate a connection between one another that we might sometimes take for granted.
The BBC NSSA is one of the most prestigious prizes for a single short story, with the winning author receiving £ 15,000, and four further shortlisted authors £ 600 each.
James Runcie is joined on the judging panel by a group of acclaimed writers and critics including: Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Fiona Mozley; award winning writer, poet and winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize, Derek Owusu; multi-award winning Irish novelist and short story writer, Donal Ryan; and returning judge, Di Speirs, Books Editor at BBC Radio.
A group of teenage boys take turns assessing each other’ s changing bodies before a Friday night disco…
A grieving woman strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow traveller on a night train to Kiev…
An unusually well-informed naturalist is eyed with suspicion by his comrades on a forest exhibition with a higher purpose…
The stories shortlisted for the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University take place in liminal spaces – their characters find themselves in transit, travelling along flight paths, train lines and roads, or in moments where new opportunities or directions suddenly seem possible. From the reflections of a new mother flying home after a funeral, to an ailing son’ s reluctance to return to the village of his childhood, these stories celebrate small kindnesses in times of turbulence, and demonstrate a connection between one another that we might sometimes take for granted.
The BBC NSSA is one of the most prestigious prizes for a single short story, with the winning author receiving £ 15,000, and four further shortlisted authors £ 600 each.
James Runcie is joined on the judging panel by a group of acclaimed writers and critics including: Booker Prize shortlisted novelist Fiona Mozley; award winning writer, poet and winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize, Derek Owusu; multi-award winning Irish novelist and short story writer, Donal Ryan; and returning judge, Di Speirs, Books Editor at BBC Radio.
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